BDNA Presents Earth Day Seminar for Business and Government IT Professionals: Practical IT Solutions that Help make Technology as Reliable as Electricity

Half-Day Seminar on IT Issues Facing State & Local Government Features CIO of California Department of Toxic Substances Control, BDNA, Intel and Western Blue

BDNA, the leading provider of IT infrastructure content, inventory and analysis solutions, today announced an upcoming seminar for business and government professionals. Taking place in Sacramento on April 22 – Earth Day – the seminar, entitled “Practical IT Solutions that Help make Technology as Reliable as Electricity…Executing Economically Sustainable IT Energy Solutions,” will feature keynote presenter Shell Culp, CIO for the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, in addition to corporate sponsors and presenters including BDNA, Intel and Western Blue.

The event will cover topics ranging from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new Reorganization Plan (GRP) and issues facing government agencies in the areas of power management, energy reduction and inventory auditing, to actionable recommendations on how to better utilize information, save money and consume less energy through the strategic use of asset management, green IT, mobile computing and other technologies.

WHAT:

“Practical IT Solutions that Help make Technology as Reliable as Electricity…Executing Economically Sustainable IT Energy Solutions” is a complimentary seminar for government and industry professionals.

WHEN:

Earth Day
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (Pacific)

WHERE:

CalPERS Community Room
400 Q St.
Sacramento, CA 95814

WHO:

Keynote presenter: Shell Culp, CIO, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Corporate sponsors and presenters include BDNA, Intel, and Western Blue

WHY:

“Eco-efficiency is a top-of-mind issue not only in California but across the government and private sectors,” said Terry Joslin, CEO of Western Blue. “It is critical to apply sustainability principles while driving innovation through new technologies ranging from power-efficient chips to the proactive use of mobile solutions and virtualization. Government and industry collaboration can result in new IT innovation, as well as a blueprint that other agencies and organizations can follow.”

“Government, like industry, is facing incredible pressures to cut costs, without dampening the spirit of innovation that marches us toward the future,” commented Avanish Sahai, vice president of marketing for BDNA. “The State of California has been particularly visionary in its green IT efforts, as well as in the reduction of energy consumption and overall IT costs. What better timing than Earth Day to demonstrate how IT is driving important government initiatives, everything from power management and energy reduction to asset inventory audits.”

BDNA is a fundamental solution for all critical projects, processes, and policies. BDNA’s patented technology, BDNA Insight, uniquely combines agentless, high-speed, and detailed inventory of all software and hardware assets and the industry’s leading IT products catalog. Within days, customers gain the most comprehensive and accurate view of their IT infrastructure, including, for example, unique information such as power and heat metrics required to address Green IT initiatives and software support information to accelerate compliance projects.

About BDNA

BDNA Corporation, headquartered in Mountain View, California, is the leading provider of IT infrastructure content, inventory, and analysis solutions. The BDNA Insight solution enables CIOs to navigate, analyze, and manage their IT infrastructure, leading to more informed IT strategy decisions. BDNA serves more than 350 customers worldwide, including Lockheed Martin, Motorola, Telecom Italia, and the US Army.

BDNA serves its enterprise and public sector customers across North America and Europe through its direct sales force and its rapidly growing network of partners.

Contacts

Kulesa Faul for BDNA
Cathy Wright, 650-340-1985
cathy {at} kulesafaul(.)com